Floorball News 10 essential referee tips (advanced) from world-class referee Thomas Andersson has been regarded as one of the best floorball referees in the world for years. Together with his referee partner Rickard Wissman (you may know him from our Referee Question of the Week series), he has been leading SSL and WFC games for many, many years. Together with Andersson we compiled a list […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News “I want to win the Swiss championship and the Champions Cup” Earlier on, we wrote about Joonas Pylsy’s decision to choose Switzerland as his new home country. Now it’s time to focus on the upcoming season, in which he’ll play at Wiler-Ersigen in Switzerland. Summer training In August, you’ve moved to Switzerland. How’s the floorball preparation been throughout summer?“I’m in training now. I’ve started my preparation […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Why Joonas Pylsy picked Switzerland Joonas Pylsy has been one of the best players from the last season. His transfer from Classic (Finland) to Wiler-Ersigen (Switzerland) is a massive surprise to many, but not to himself. We spoke Pylsy about his transfer. Joonas Pylsy had a successful season. With Finland, the won the World Floorball Championships and with Classic, he […] Written by Daniël Nicolai July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News 10 crucial referee tips for beginners WFC and SSL referee Thomas Andersson and FloorballToday started working on a referee series. In this article, we’ll focus on 10 tips for beginner referees. Use these tips and you’ll make it through your first game! #1 – Relax Your first game to lead? Everyone’s been there, so while you might get a few angry […] Written by Daniël Nicolai July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Which Floorball Superstar Are You? Take the test now and see which floorball superstar you are! Don’t forget to let us know by voting in our Facebook poll afterwards! [viralQuiz id=2] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News Thomas Andersson: not just a referee Thomas Andersson is one of the best floorball referees in the world. He has led international finals, but also many, many SSL games and tournament. Best part is: he’ll be helping us with a new refereeing series! Starting now, FloorballToday wants to put more focus on different aspects of the game, such as refereeing. For […] Written by Daniël Nicolai July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News IFF decides to take time-out in ‘Grip Gate’, changes might be withdrawn After a storm of protest, the International Floorball Federation (IFF) has decided to put the announced rules on the same stick and grip on hold for the time being. The federation will take the time to reconsider the decision. Last week it was announced that the IFF wanted to make it mandatory that stick grips […] Written by Daniël Nicolai June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News “The main reason behind the proposal is to secure the business for the manufacturers” This morning the IFF announced another update of the Material Regulations with a controversial regulation added: from 1 July 2020 the brand of the grip has to match the one of the stick. We contacted the IFF with your most burning questions and we were answered by Secretary General John Liljelund. The first question is […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News BIG CHANGE: From 2020 the brand of your grip and your stick has to match! The IFF Central Board meeting has taken place and perhaps the biggest change will be that from 1 July 2020 every player will be required to have the brand of their grip match the brand of their stick. In the most recent edition of the IFF Central Board meeting, the CB of the IFF approved […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Floorball News (Proud) Czech U19 team captain Josef Juha: “We used their hunger against them.” On the 4th of May the Czech U19 team set foot on Halifax, Canada after a long and tiresome flight. Eight days later, the team wrote history by winning the first U19 WFC gold medal in the history of Czech Republic. Only two days later, we would get a hold of the team’s captain Josef […] Written by Anne-Jan Hempenius May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
PRO (Patron Only) Forward Bootcamp Pt. 2 – Key points for forwards (including Pylsy, Zaugg, and Sjögren) Welcome back to our Forward Bootcamp! In part 1, I explained to you what to do when you or your team has the ball (chapter 1) and what to do when the opponent has the ball (chapter 2). In part 2, I’ll explain what to do in the ‘in-between moments’: the moment your team wins […] Written by Daniël Nicolai August 7, 2020July 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
PRO (Patron Only) Strategy Floorball Bootcamp for Forwards: Part I You can only win a floorball game by scoring at least once, but actually: the more, the better. Usually, it’s the forwards that score the goals, although of course, this is not always the case. Featured image from Per Wiklund. By the end of this bootcamp, I will have given you all the tools so […] Written by Daniël Nicolai July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blogs PRO (Patron Only) Energy, Work & Power – How physics in hockey can help you with your SLAPSHOT | PRO When executed well, the slapshot is the fastest shot in floorball. Where do the speed and power come from? That’s what I’m gonna dive into today, helped by ice hockey and… physics! Fact: in 2011, the record for the hardest ice hockey shot was broken: Denis Kulyash (Russia) managed to shoot with a speed of […] Written by Daniël Nicolai July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
